TITLE: Dickens County :
its land and people.
PLACE: [Dickens, Tex.?] :
PUBLISHER: Dickens County Historical Commission,
YEAR: 1986
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 640 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
NOTES: Prepared by Dickens County Book Committee?
Illustrations on lining papers.
Includes index.
SUBJECT: Dickens County (Tex.) -- History.
Dickens County (Tex.) -- Biography.
OTHER: Dickens County Historical Commission (Tex.)
Dickens County Book Committee (Tex.)
AUTHOR: Arrington, Fred
TITLE: A history of Dickens County:
ranches and rolling plains.
PLACE: [Dickens? Tex.]
PUBLISHER: Nortex Offset Publications,
YEAR: 1971
PUB TYPE: Book
FORMAT: 355 p. illus. 28 cm.
SUBJECT: Dickens County (Tex.) -- Biography.
Dickens County (Tex.) -- History.
TITLE: History, Womans Missionary Union, District Nine, auxiliary to
Baptist General Convention of Texas :
a history of Womans Missionary Union of District Nine from 1918
to 1955, including a resume of the W.M.U. history of each of the
eight Associations comprising District Nine /
PUBLISHER: Executive Board, District Nine
YEAR: 1955
PUB TYPE: Book
NOTES: Cover title: History 36, Womans Missionary Union, District Nine.
SUBJECT: Smith, Lon V., -- Mrs.
Campbell, Tom, -- Mrs.
Kirkpatrick, W. E., -- Mrs.
Lumsden, Lon, -- Mrs.
Pattillo, R. E. L., -- Mrs.
Heck, Henry, -- Mrs.
Woman's Missionary Union of Texas. -- District Nine -- History.
Brownfield Baptist Association (Tex.). -- Woman's Missionary
Union -- History.
Dickens Baptist Association (Tex.). -- Woman's Missionary Union --
History.
Floyd County Baptist Association (Tex.). -- Woman's Missionary
Union -- History.
Hockley-Cochran Baptist Association (Tex.). -- Woman's Missionary
Union -- History.
Lubbock Baptist Association (Tex.). -- Woman's Missionary Union --
History.
Staked Plains Baptist Association (Tex.). -- Woman's Missionary
Union -- History.
Tierra Blanca Baptist Association (Tex.). -- Woman's Missionary
Union -- History.
West Plains Baptist Association (Tex.). -- Woman's Missionary
Union -- History.
Women, Baptist -- Texas -- History.
Baptists -- Texas -- History.
OTHER: Woman's Missionary Union of Texas. District Nine. Special History
Committee.
History 36, Womans Missionary Union, District Nine.
AUTHOR: Dickens Cattle Corporation.
TITLE: Records,
YEAR: 1951 1970
PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control
FORMAT: 2 microfilm reels : negative
NOTES: Includes general correspondence, general office files, legal
documents, stock certificates, financial files and contracts, and
a copy of the TRI-COUNTY NEWS for Nov. 17, 1970, all relating to
the Dickens Cattle Corporation.
Microfilm. Lubbock, Texas: Southwest Collection, Texas Tech
University, 1977.
Headquartered in Delaware, the Dickens Cattle Corporation was
created out of Division 8 of the old Matador Land and Cattle
Company. It operated in Motley, Cottle, Dickens, Crosby and
Floyd counties until 1853, when its outstanding securities and
land were purchased by W. J. Collier, with whom Rex Robinson was
a silent partner. At that time the corporation was dissolved.
SUBJECT: Collier, W. J.
Dickens Cattle Corporation.
Matador Land and Cattle Company.
National Livestock Commission Company.
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association.
U.S. National Bank of Denver (Denver, Colo.)
Ranches -- Texas, West -- History.
Cattle County (Tex.) -- History.
Crosby County (Tex.) -- History.
Dickens County (Tex.) -- History.
Floyd County (Tex.) -- History.
Motley County (Tex.) -- History.
AUTHOR: Gardner, Dan, 1851-1928.
TITLE: Papers,
YEAR: 1897
PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control
FORMAT: 1 microfilm reel (20 ft.): negative.
NOTES: Includes a diary concerned with life, events and transactions on
the Pitchfork Ranch for 1897, when Gardner was general manager.
Microfilm. Lubbock, Texas: Southwest Collection, Texas Tech
University, 1977.
Co-founder and first general manager of the Pitchfork Ranch in
Dickens and King counties, Texas.
SUBJECT: Gardner, Dan, -- 1851-1928.
Pitchfork Land and Cattle Company.
Ranches -- Texas, West -- History.
Ranch managers -- Texas, West -- History.
Dickens County (Tex.) -- History.
King County (Tex.) -- History.
AUTHOR: Parr, Virgil V.
TITLE: Papers,
YEAR: 1921 1935
PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control
NOTES: Contains correspondence, financial material, legal material,
minutes, literary productions, printed and scrapbook material
relating to Parr's life and career as a ranch manager and school
board official. There is also a short autobiographical sketch on
his early life and career.
Served as manager of the Pitchfork Ranch and later secretary of
the Wichita Consolidated School Board of Trustees in Dickens
County, Texas. Originally from Gonzales County, Texas, Parr
graduated from Texas A & M in 1914 with a degree in animal
husbandry. Served in France during World War I.
SUBJECT: Parr, Virgil V.
Pitchfork Land And Cattle Company (St. Louis, Mo.)
Ranch managers -- Texas -- History.
Rural schools -- Texas -- History.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas.
Ranch life -- Texas -- History.
Pitchfork Ranch (Tex.)
Dickens County (Tex.) -- History.
AUTHOR: Sanders, Venoy.
TITLE: Papers,
YEAR: 1846 1980
PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control
NOTES: See also: C. E. Sanders papers, 1955-1976.
Includes scrapbook material, literary production, correspondence,
printed material, memorabilia, photographs, yearbooks and
newsclippings. Primarily consists of material collected by
Sanders on various aspects of Texas history.
Microfilm. Lubbock, Texas: Southwest Collection Texas Tech
University, 1980. 8 reels microfilm : negative
Pioneer West Texas farm wife. Married C. E. Sanders. Resided in
Lynn and Crosby counties and experienced changes in the
agribusiness from ranching to dryland farming to irrigated
farming. Active in the Texas State Historical Commission, the
old settlers' organization and in the Ralls, Texas, Study Group.
SUBJECT: Texas Federation of Women's Clubs.
Cattle brands -- Texas -- History.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas, West.
Oil well drilling -- Texas.
Women -- Texas.
Women civic leaders -- Texas -- Societies and clubs -- History.
Dallas (Tex.) -- History.
Dickens County (Tex.) -- History.
Runnels County (Tex.) -- History.
Texas, West -- History -- Sources.
AUTHOR: Holden, Maggie Lee Bullion, 1877-1958.
TITLE: Papers,
YEAR: 1944 1948
PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control
NOTES: Includes literary productions and correspondence. Collection
bulks with typed manuscripts of Mrs. Holden's reminiscences of
farm life in Texas and New Mexico. Correspondence concerns the
writing of these memoirs.
Pioneer farmwoman. Born 1877 in Granbury, Texas. Daughter of
George Wilson Bullion and Columbia Ann Phenix Bullion. Married
Isaac Calloway Holden in 1902. They lived in Lubbock, Fisher,
Taylor, Dickens and Somervell counties of Texas, and in the
Animas and Playas Valleys of New Mexico. Mrs. Holden lived in
Big Spring, Texas, from 1940 until her death in 1958.
SUBJECT: Holden family.
Bullion family.
Land settlement -- Texas -- History.
Land settlement -- New Mexico -- History.
Farm life -- Texas -- History.
Farm life -- New Mexico -- History.
Women pioneers -- Texas.
Women pioneers -- New Mexico.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas.
Frontier and pioneer life -- New Mexico.
Lubbock County (Tex.) -- History.
Taylor County (Tex.) -- History.
Hood County (Tex.) -- History.
Somervell County (Tex.) -- History.
Dickens County (Tex.) -- History.
Fisher County (Tex.) -- History.
Estacado (Tex.) -- History.
Playas Valley (N.M.) -- History.
Animas Valley (N.M.) -- History.
OTHER: Holden, William Curry, 1896-
AUTHOR: Godfrey, J. Fike (James Fike), 1923- , collector.
TITLE: Collection,
YEAR: 1911 1979
PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control
NOTES: Includes financial material pertaining to the Godfrey Motor
Company and to the Godfrey family interests in insurance and
rental property. Also includes scrapbook material from the
Godfrey Motor Company, the Godfrey Ranch, and the West Texas
Chamber of Commerce. Collection bulks (1971-1979) with
scrapbooks from the West Texas Chamber of Commerce.
Rancher, businessman, civic leader. Born in 1923 in Spur, Texas.
Operated the Godfrey Motor Company with his father William Fike
Godfrey in Spur, Texas. Dealership was in operation for 54
years. James Fike Godfrey served as president of the company
from 1948 to 1967. Served as president of the West Texas Chamber
of Commerce in 1969.
SUBJECT: Godfrey, J. Fike -- (James Fike), -- 1923-
Godfrey family.
Godfrey Motor Company (Spur, Tex.)
West Texas Chamber of Commerce.
Automobile industry and trade -- Texas -- Spur -- History.
Automobile dealers -- Texas -- Spur -- History.
Boards of trade -- Texas, West -- History.
Insurance -- Texas -- Spur -- Agents.
Lease and rental services -- Texas -- History.
Spur (Tex.) -- History.
Dickens County (Tex.) -- History.
AUTHOR: Jones, Clifford B. (Clifford Bartlett), 1885-1972.
TITLE: Papers,
YEAR: 1836 1973
PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control
NOTES: Includes correspondence, legal material, financial material,
photographs, genealogical material and newsclippings relating to
the business, educational and personal activities of Clifford B.
Jones. Collection bulks (1919-1972) with materials pertaining to
Texas Technological College and the Spur Ranch. Of special
interest are pamphlets of the White Citizens Council, a
segregationist group.
Businessman, ranch manager and college president. Born in 1885
in Rico, Colorado. Manager of the Spur Ranch in Dickens County,
Texas, from 1913-1939. Instrumental in the establishment of Texas
Technological College, served on the original Board of Directors,
and was the third president of the college from 1939-1944. Member
of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce and the Good Roads
Movement. Active in land sales and colonization, banking and
politics, and numerous social, historical and fraternal
organizations. Died in 1972 in Lubbock, Texas.
SUBJECT: Jones, Clifford B. -- (Clifford Bartlett) -- 1885-1972.
Jones family.
Bartlett family.
Texas Technological College -- Administration.
Texas Technological College -- History.
Spur Security Bank (Spur, Tex.)
Lubbock National Bank (Lubbock, Tex.)
Mercantile National Bank (Dallas, Tex.)
Texas Highway Department.
S. M. Swenson and Sons.
Spur Farm Lands.
Ranch managers -- Texas -- History.
Ranches -- Texas -- History.
Land companies -- Texas -- History.
Land settlement -- Texas -- History.
Agriculture -- Texas -- History.
Banks and banking -- Texas -- History.
Civic leaders -- Texas -- Lubbock -- History.
Universities and colleges -- Texas -- Administration -- History.
Railroads -- Texas -- History.
Segregation -- United States -- History.
Spur (Tex.) -- History.
Spur Ranch (Tex.) -- History.
Dickens County (Tex.) -- History.
Lubbock (Tex.) -- History.
Texas -- Politics and government -- 1865-1950.
Texas -- Politics and government -- 1951-
OTHER: Guy, Charles A., 1903-1985.
Haley, J. Evetts (James Evetts), 1901-
AUTHOR: Formby, Marshall Clinton, 1911-1984.
TITLE: Papers,
YEAR: 1883 1980
PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control
NOTES: Includes correspondence, printed material, legal and financial
material, literary productions, photographs, and scrapbook
material pertaining to the career of Marshall Formby and his
interests and activities in law, politics, business, higher
education, the military, and religious and civic organizations in
Texas and throughout the United States. Collection bulks (1930-
1980) with correspondence and printed material pertaining to his
terms as county judge, state senator, and Texas Highway
Commissioner. Of particular interest are materials concerning
state and federal highway programs, Texas Tech University and
Texas politics.
Attorney, politician, newspaper publisher, radio executive. Born
1911 in Commo, Hopkins County, Texas. B.A., Texas Technological
College, 1932; M.A., University of Texas, 1937; J.D., Baylor
University, 1951. Served as county judge of Dickens County, Texas
(1937-1940); Texas State Senator, Lubbock District (1941-1945);
Texas Highway Commission (1953-1959); Texas Turnpike Authority;
and the Board of Regents of Texas Tech University (1967-1971).
Was also a newspaper publisher and owned or co-owned numerous
radio stations in Texas including KPAN in Hereford; KFLD in
Floydada; KTVE in Tulia; KSML in Seminole; KACT in Andrews and
KLVT in Levelland. Died in 1984 in Plainview, Texas.
SUBJECT: Texas Tech University. -- Board of Regents.
Texas Tech University -- Finance.
Texas Tech University -- Planning.
Texas Tech University -- Administration.
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Rotary International.
Texas Highway Commission.
Texas Turnpike Authority.
Young Men's Christian Administration.
American Association of State Highway Officials.
Western Association of State Highway Officials.
Education, Higher -- Texas -- History.
Universities and colleges -- Law and legislation -- Texas.
Highway planning -- Texas -- History.
Highway law -- Texas -- History.
Radio stations -- Texas -- History.
Radio broadcasting -- Texas -- History.
Civic leaders -- Texas -- History.
Politicians -- Texas -- History.
Electioneering Texas -- History.
Agricultural subsidies -- Texas -- History.
Depressions -- 1929 -- Texas.
Dickens County (Tex.) -- History.
Plainview (Tex.) -- History.
Lubbock (Tex.) -- History.
Texas -- Politics and government -- 1951-
OTHER: Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-
Smith, Preston.
Jones, Clifford B. (Clifford Bartlett), 1885-1972.
Mahon, George Herman, 1900-1985.
Briscoe, Dolph.
Shivers, Allan.
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Connally, John Bowden, 1917-
AUTHOR: Goodwin, James Allen, 1873-1961.
TITLE: Papers,
YEAR: 1879 1965
PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control
NOTES: Contains correspondence, financial material, scrapbook material,
newsclippings, and photographs. Collection bulks (1887-1963)
with financial documents consisting of vendor's leins, insurance
forms, county and income tax forms, and poll tax receipts.
Cotton gin owner and operator. Born in 1873 in San Augustine,
Texas. Began cotton ginning at age 19. Came to West Texas in
1908 and began a gin in King County. He later erected gins in
Cottle County and bought a gin in Spur, Texas. He also operated
two gins in Lubbock County during the 1940s. He sold all his
ginning interests in 1952 but remained active in farming in
Lubbock and Hockley Counties until his death in 1961.
SUBJECT: Matador Land and Cattle Company.
Cotton gins and ginning -- Texas -- History.
Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Texas.
Farmers -- Texas -- History.
Cattle trade -- Texas -- History.
Motley County (Tex.) -- History.
Cottle County (Tex.) -- History.
Dickens County (Tex.) -- History.
Lubbock County (Tex.) -- History.
AUTHOR: Rodgers, Irene VanLeer.
TITLE: Papers,
YEAR: 1900 1970
PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control
FORMAT: 126 leaves
NOTES: Includes correspondence, financial and legal material,
photographs, newsclippings, and literary productions pertaining
to ranch life, cattle, cowboys, the Rodgers family, school
experiences, and political offices and events of Kent, Garza, and
Dickens Counties. Collection bulks (1902-1970) with related
newsclippings. Of particular interest are photos of the Spur
Inn, Spur, Texas (ca. 1910), the school house and students of
Dickens, Texas (ca. 1910), and other photos of early residents
and structures of Garza, Kent, and Dickens Counties of Texas.
Homemaker, county treasurer of Garza County, Texas. Mrs. Rodgers
was educated in a one-room school house in Dickens County, Texas
and married Norman Nonnie Rodgers, a rancher in Kent County,
Texas, in 1906. Their children were named Novis N., Rose Jean,
and Dan V. The Rodgers moved to Post, Texas, in 1922, and Mr.
Rodgers died in 1936. Appointed Deputy County Clerk of Garza
County in 1939, Mrs. Rodgers was elected County Treasurer of
Garza County, Texas in 1941. She later resided in Lubbock,
Texas.
SUBJECT: General Federation of Women's Clubs.
Junior Welfare League.
Spur Inn (Spur, Tex.)
General Federation of Women's Clubs Convention ( -- 1941 : --
Atlantic City).
Texas Cowboy Reunion ( -- 1939: -- Stamford, Texas).
Ranches -- Texas.
Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Texas.
Frontier and pioneer life -- Texas.
Rural schools -- Texas.
County government -- Texas.
Dickens (Tex.) -- History.
Garza County (Tex.) -- History.
Kent County (Tex.) -- History.
Lubbock County (Tex.) -- History.
Snyder (Tex.)
OTHER: Rodgers, N. N., Sr.
Rodgers, N. N., Jr.
Rodgers, Willis.
Rodgers, Rose Jean.
Roundtree, Mason.
AUTHOR: Scott, Bill.
TITLE: Dickens Cemetery :
established 1948 / prepared by Bill Scott ; George L. Hotchco.
PUBLISHER: [Dickens Cemetery Association],
YEAR: 1992
PUB TYPE: Book
SUBJECT: Cemeteries -- Texas -- Dickens County.
Registers of births, etc. -- Texas -- Dickens County.
Dickens County (Tex.) -- Genealogy.
OTHER: Hotchco, George L.
AUTHOR: Dickens, Justin Kirk.
TITLE: The descendants of Ephraim Dickens (Jr.) and Thomas Dickens :
brothers of Raleigh County, West Virginia : the third progress
report /
PUBLISHER: J.K. Dickens], Campbell)
YEAR: 1986
PUB TYPE: Book
NOTES: Includes index.
SUBJECT: Dickens family.
Raleigh County (W. Va.) -- Genealogy.
AUTHOR: Daughters of the American Revolution. Texas Society. Nancy
Anderson Chapter.
TITLE: Texas cemetery records of Lubbock and surrounding counties /
PUBLISHER: The Society,
YEAR: 1957
PUB TYPE: Book
NOTES: Photocopy of microfilm.
Includes index.
SUBJECT: Cemeteries -- Texas -- Lubbock County.
Cemeteries -- Texas -- Hale County.
Cemeteries -- Texas -- Swisher County.
Cemeteries -- Texas -- Motley County.
Cemeteries -- Texas -- Dickens County.
Cemeteries -- Texas -- Borden County.
Cemeteries -- Texas -- Crosby County.
Genealogy -- Sources.
AUTHOR: Shirley, Mildred Jackson, 1926-
TITLE: Top of the Cap
PUBLISHER: M. Shirley,
YEAR: 1985
PUB TYPE: Book
NOTES: Typescript.
SUBJECT: Registers of births, etc. -- Texas -- Dickens County.
Dickens County (Tex.) -- Genealogy.
Dickens County (Tex.) -- Census, 1900.
OTHER: United States. Census Office. 12th census, 1900.
ACCESSION: 23105411
AUTHOR: Espuela Land and Cattle Company.
TITLE: Records,
YEAR: 1880 1979
PUB TYPE: Archive/Manuscript Control
NOTES: Includes correspondence, legal documents, financial records and
work diaries. Collection bulks with financial records relating
to the operation of the Spur Ranch. The correspondence includes
several letters from leading ranchers. Work diaries detail the
daily routine of ranching.
The Espuela Land and Cattle Company, Ltd., a British syndicate,
founded the Spur Ranch in the early 1880s. The ranch was located
in Dickens, Kent, Crosby, and Garza counties of West Texas and
encompassed approximately 439,000 acres.
SUBJECT: Lomax, Spottswood W.
Horsbrugh, Fred.
Johnstone, Henry.
Britton, Alfred M.
Campbell, A. T.
Espuela Land and Cattle Company.
Ranches -- Texas -- History.
Land settlement -- Texas -- History.
Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Texas.
Real estate development -- Texas -- History.
Spur Ranch (Tex.)
SMS Ranch (Tex.)
Spur (Tex.)
Dickens County (Tex.)
Crosby County (Tex.)
Garza County (Tex.)
Kent County (Tex.)
Freeport (Tex.)
AUTHOR: Moorhouse, Bob
TITLE: Pitchfork Country - The Photography of Bob Moorhouse
PUBLISHER: National Ranching Heritage
YEAR: 2000
PUB/TYPE: Photography
NOTES: Eight chapters of photography portraying the life of
the historic Pitchfork Ranch, the horses, cowboys, their trade,
chuck wagon, wildlife.
AUTHOR: Holden, William Curry
TITLE: Espuela Land and Cattle Company
PUBLISHER: Texas State Historical Association
YEAR: 1970
NOTES: A study of a Foreign-Owned Ranch in Texas.
"This I can Leave You - A Woman's Day on Pitchfork" by Mamie Cypert Burns
AUTHOR: Holden, William Curry
TITLE: The Spur Ranch
PUBLISHER: The Christopher Publishing House, Boston
YEAR: 1934
NOTES: A study of the Enclosed Ranch Phase of the Cattle Industry in Texas.